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us operation and help us be where we should be, which is managing these types of concerns. i will be testifying in front of the senate banking committee on tuesday. i am required to do it at least every six months. typically, it has been a bit more frequent than that. i always value that opportunity and look forward to it again next week. >> republicans on the house financial services committee like to see you and really enjoy your company. >> i try to help them enjoy my company. on the questions of oversight and pushed back responses from industry, what are one or two examples of things that you have responded to or changed based on that oversight or feedback, particularly about the review process with banks? there were concerns that there enforcements and they were more adversarial than they should have been. tell us how you changed on that front and if there are areas based on congressional oversight. as -- we think about from time to time how we are as -- allocating our resources. we need to adjust, we adjust. raisedcommittee chair how transparent was our regulatory age
us operation and help us be where we should be, which is managing these types of concerns. i will be testifying in front of the senate banking committee on tuesday. i am required to do it at least every six months. typically, it has been a bit more frequent than that. i always value that opportunity and look forward to it again next week. >> republicans on the house financial services committee like to see you and really enjoy your company. >> i try to help them enjoy my company. on...
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i said, well, tell him, you know, if he wants app internship, let me know, and he came up with us one summer, and as soon as amy walter left to take todd's job when they left the hot line to go to nbc, we brought david to take amy's spot, and she came back to help out with the national stuff, ma crow stuff with me, and we have two other abledded people here, ashson barry and lauren fulton, so, yeah, i had a brief rick perry moment, but anyway, getting down to it. laying out the macro, and then jennifer will be first, david second, and we'll have a conversation, a little conversation about the senate and the house. as suggested, i came up a year early this year, and i was trying to think, okay, what is this election going to be about? i came up with two theories, and the interesting thing about the theories is they are good for 2014, but probably also a useful way of framing off where the two parties will be in 2016. that is number one. will the republican brand, will republicans be able to fix their brand image and very specific problems they have with minority voters, young voters, w
i said, well, tell him, you know, if he wants app internship, let me know, and he came up with us one summer, and as soon as amy walter left to take todd's job when they left the hot line to go to nbc, we brought david to take amy's spot, and she came back to help out with the national stuff, ma crow stuff with me, and we have two other abledded people here, ashson barry and lauren fulton, so, yeah, i had a brief rick perry moment, but anyway, getting down to it. laying out the macro, and then...
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we know we can do a number of things that will help us create more jobs, that will help us grow our economy, that will help us build up and not tear down the middle class. we can do something for this budget that will help us reduce our deficits. those fasters know it very well. it is passÉ fixed or broken immigration system because everyone including her congressional budget office, our fiscal nonpartisan referee has told us you to immigration reform you reduce the deficit at the federal level by close to a trillion dollars. you to immigration reform you help the budget conferees, with $150 billion worth of reductions in deficit by including immigration reform in your fiscal conversations. you do comprehensive immigration reform and you create thousands of new jobs in america. they thus to act fast. we believe our republican colleagues should hear the message, let's act now. it's good for the economy, it's good for america to do this and at some point our colleagues will recognize either they will get elected in two things for our country before their party. it is time for us to act. we i
we know we can do a number of things that will help us create more jobs, that will help us grow our economy, that will help us build up and not tear down the middle class. we can do something for this budget that will help us reduce our deficits. those fasters know it very well. it is passÉ fixed or broken immigration system because everyone including her congressional budget office, our fiscal nonpartisan referee has told us you to immigration reform you reduce the deficit at the federal...
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but, are you considering using any of your authority to use f.t.a. money for resiliency on other transportation modes? do that should you wish, as i understand it. it wasn't used on ocean parkway but it should be in other places on long island and in new york city. that.e a little about >> you're correct, senator. first, the authority exists under the act for the secretary to another money mode. first to answer your question on of transitanche money -- again, that's the single biggest need in the transportation network. well know. we have a notice of funding availability that's in internal review right now. we will have that completed very quickly. for $3 billion, specifically awarded on a merit resiliency projects. we will coordinate it with the taskforce by, for example, making sure that we have corps, reviewersand other looking at that from a systems perspective to make sure -- $3 billion is a fraction of the niedermayered out there. -- of the need, needed out there the transit network. the thinking is also there are real projects that may fall in
but, are you considering using any of your authority to use f.t.a. money for resiliency on other transportation modes? do that should you wish, as i understand it. it wasn't used on ocean parkway but it should be in other places on long island and in new york city. that.e a little about >> you're correct, senator. first, the authority exists under the act for the secretary to another money mode. first to answer your question on of transitanche money -- again, that's the single biggest...
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and when i use the word hypocrisy, i use it guardedly. i do not use that word with abandon. but this is another broken promise, another broken promise. i read from a article entitled "flashback: reid in 2008." as long as i am the leader we will not have the nuclear option. senator reid said in a 2008 interview that as long as he was the leader a nuclear option would never happen under his watch. quote, as long as i am the leader the answer is no. he said i think we should just forget that. that is a black chapter in the history of the senate. i hope we never ever get to do that again because i really do believe it will ruin our country. he was talking about 2005 when this side of the aisle was in the majority and we were going to change -- there was an effort which we were able to defuse, in order to do exactly what we did today. so in 2008 the majority leader said, reid rallied against republicans who fought for the measure saying it would lead to a unicameral legislature and the united states senate was purposely set up by the founding fathers to have different rules than
and when i use the word hypocrisy, i use it guardedly. i do not use that word with abandon. but this is another broken promise, another broken promise. i read from a article entitled "flashback: reid in 2008." as long as i am the leader we will not have the nuclear option. senator reid said in a 2008 interview that as long as he was the leader a nuclear option would never happen under his watch. quote, as long as i am the leader the answer is no. he said i think we should just forget...
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came to testify before us. i'll never forget that testimony as long as i live. that was heart breaking. it reflexed the fact that many of the people in segregation in an isolation situation with 23 hours a day in a cell one hour by themselves outside, would ultimately, many of them come out of that prison, and the question is what is left of them after they've gone through that life experience? we have testimony at that hearing from the director of corrections from the state of mississippi. he talked about an assessment mississippi had done after suicides in these circumstances in which they concluded they were wasting money with more and more isolation. the corrections there really was a leader in saving it. save this and we can avoid terrible outcomes. the mental degradation of people faced with isolation segregation. i asked you at the time whether you believe putting people in segregation or separate facilities had ultimate impact on their mental health and you demurred from answering. i would have said yes
came to testify before us. i'll never forget that testimony as long as i live. that was heart breaking. it reflexed the fact that many of the people in segregation in an isolation situation with 23 hours a day in a cell one hour by themselves outside, would ultimately, many of them come out of that prison, and the question is what is left of them after they've gone through that life experience? we have testimony at that hearing from the director of corrections from the state of mississippi. he...
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he's just using a different tone. by fighting the catholic church has shifted tremendously, not just on gay marriage but in general -- i think the catholic church has shifted tremendously, not just on gay marriage but in general. i think it shows you what one person can do when they choose to lead, when they choose to stop being judgmental, and when they lead by example and they lead with love, not with judgment. iran. it's an hour and 10 minutes. >> thank you for braving the weather and the pre-pre-holiday traffic to join us tonight or what i'm sure will be a fascinating discussion. before we begin, i would like to take a couple of minutes of your time to take -- to talk about some upcoming events and about the council year-end campaign, which begins next week. on december 4, the town so hosts dr. henry kissinger for a luncheon at the fairmont hotel. dr. kissinger's topic will be the a ship hit it -- asia pivot strategy. on december 4, the council's annual international .oliday affair we will be honoring the ambassad
he's just using a different tone. by fighting the catholic church has shifted tremendously, not just on gay marriage but in general -- i think the catholic church has shifted tremendously, not just on gay marriage but in general. i think it shows you what one person can do when they choose to lead, when they choose to stop being judgmental, and when they lead by example and they lead with love, not with judgment. iran. it's an hour and 10 minutes. >> thank you for braving the weather and...
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the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, every good and perfect gift comes from you alone, for with you there is no variation or shadow of turning.
the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, every good and perfect gift comes from you alone, for with you there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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stop using people and misleading excuses. let's start doing what's right for the country for a change. stop the bumper sticker slogans. stop the rhetoric that interferes with reality. let's start doing what's right. wouldn't that be a refreshing change in this country? and maybe the polls this afternoon that showed congress had 9% approval rating which is 1% higher, wouldn't it be nice if they ask we the sellers doing what is best for america and not what we are seeing here. let's do this right for america. i yield the floor. steve from a young age she loved to write. she would often create poems as gifts for her parents on christmas and birthdays. she would write a poem and illustrated. we have two early examples here from when she was about 10 years old. in the fall of 1950 lim bouvier entered vaux writing contest and her winning essays are self orchard in question three of the essay who were three people in history you wished you had known in the first to she mentions are the french poet and oscar wilde the author. .. >> a
stop using people and misleading excuses. let's start doing what's right for the country for a change. stop the bumper sticker slogans. stop the rhetoric that interferes with reality. let's start doing what's right. wouldn't that be a refreshing change in this country? and maybe the polls this afternoon that showed congress had 9% approval rating which is 1% higher, wouldn't it be nice if they ask we the sellers doing what is best for america and not what we are seeing here. let's do this right...
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days -- and they use that term she used to use it. people had date books. he wrote in their what you are going to do. she would then go back and also write what happened in the upper datebook. -- in her datebook. she would go back and it would say, the senate ladies lunch, mrs. roosevelt talked about -- you know tell about what she wore, the other people who were there -- every once in a while, she would say, i met lady astor. i said, you did? she had just put it in her or 1952 orom 1948 whenever it was. she was a very disciplined person and she knew that those were special things that even if nobody else would cherish them, she would cherish those words to look back on what happened in the white house. she knew that things were going by so fast that if she did not put the stuff down, she would not remember it. she taped her thoughts and she would have a little sign on the door. don't come in. i'm busy. go away. to bed not want interrupted when she was doing her taping. she kept a lot of notes along the way to be able to do it. today might be very busy. tom
days -- and they use that term she used to use it. people had date books. he wrote in their what you are going to do. she would then go back and also write what happened in the upper datebook. -- in her datebook. she would go back and it would say, the senate ladies lunch, mrs. roosevelt talked about -- you know tell about what she wore, the other people who were there -- every once in a while, she would say, i met lady astor. i said, you did? she had just put it in her or 1952 orom 1948...
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the age old rules of the senate are being used to paralyze us and the public is asking, is begging us to act. are at 9% approval because the rules give advantage to those who want to prevent the senate from achieving anything. mitch mcconnell says we tried to would -- we try to change the subject? i beg to differ. isee quarters of his speech dedicated to obamacare. we are not changing the subject. he is. theoes not want to discuss dysfunction and the way republicans have used the rules to tie this place in one big not . if you have 2 sides, one that is for action and one that is opposed, the senate rules give the opposition a head start. republicans have abused that advantage for years now, refusing to confirm qualified judges, preventing executive agencies from having the leaders they deserve. it is a new world. people demand action. the old rules need to be modified. that is what we have done today. we have not ripped them up. we have modified them in ways that can make rings work. not think aca does president, democrat or republican, deserves his or her pick for who should run the
the age old rules of the senate are being used to paralyze us and the public is asking, is begging us to act. are at 9% approval because the rules give advantage to those who want to prevent the senate from achieving anything. mitch mcconnell says we tried to would -- we try to change the subject? i beg to differ. isee quarters of his speech dedicated to obamacare. we are not changing the subject. he is. theoes not want to discuss dysfunction and the way republicans have used the rules to tie...
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thank you all for being with us. we have so many other distinguished guests this morning and we especially have our honored guests. our world war ii veterans and their families. other veterans and their families and the men and women who are currently serving in our armed forces, ladies and gentlemen thank you so much for coming and to honor the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep this great nation strong and free. at this very special memorial, we especially remember the 16 million americans who served during world war ii and all those who served on the homefront. we want to honor our world war ii veterans who fought the most destructive war in history. more than 60 million people lost their lives in that war, mostly men and women and children and the elderly. they not only fought that war against great odds, but they won that war. they not only saved this nation but they literally saved the world. we also were member those who served on the homefront. never has our nation been so united as they were in
thank you all for being with us. we have so many other distinguished guests this morning and we especially have our honored guests. our world war ii veterans and their families. other veterans and their families and the men and women who are currently serving in our armed forces, ladies and gentlemen thank you so much for coming and to honor the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep this great nation strong and free. at this very special memorial, we especially remember the 16 million...
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there are nine of us stop -- nine of us. when a nine person institution looks more like the country, it has greater credibility. people can identify with it a little better. those pins are important for an institution. i would say the same thing about why it is important that we now have three women. it is a great thing. my colleague, justice ginsburg, she always says, what about nine? [laughter] i think it is a really good thing. i look out onto the court room all the time and there are all of the school children who come think,ool groups, and i it is a great thing that young girls and young boys are seeing me and justice ginsburg and justice soto mayor and none of us are shrinking violets. they are watching us and the fact that we contribute in the exact same way as our male colleagues do. that is terrific. i think it would be good if we were diverse in some other ways that i mentioned for the same exact reason. but i do not think it means all -- makes all that much difference in the conference room. when the doors are clo
there are nine of us stop -- nine of us. when a nine person institution looks more like the country, it has greater credibility. people can identify with it a little better. those pins are important for an institution. i would say the same thing about why it is important that we now have three women. it is a great thing. my colleague, justice ginsburg, she always says, what about nine? [laughter] i think it is a really good thing. i look out onto the court room all the time and there are all of...
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in violence against us. that was my first arrest the. and that day when i was arrested i felt so free. i felt liberated. i felt like i crossed over because growing up in rural alabama, when i asked my mother and my father, my grandparents, my great grandparents about segregation and racial discrimination, about those signs, white men, colored men, white women, colored women. and i said why? like what they would say that's the way it is. don't get in the way. don't get in trouble. but dr. king and rosa parks inspired me to get in trouble. so by sitting in, we were arrested and we went to jail. 89 of us were arrested on that day. >> host: did you pay a fine? were you in jail for a while? >> guest: we were in jail for a few hours. a matter of fact, the local school officials came down and bailed us out. that was my first arrest. that was my introduction to the southern jails. i tell people, i grew up sitting down on this lunch counter stools and going to jail in places like nashville and birmingham, jackson, mi
in violence against us. that was my first arrest the. and that day when i was arrested i felt so free. i felt liberated. i felt like i crossed over because growing up in rural alabama, when i asked my mother and my father, my grandparents, my great grandparents about segregation and racial discrimination, about those signs, white men, colored men, white women, colored women. and i said why? like what they would say that's the way it is. don't get in the way. don't get in trouble. but dr. king...
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that support has gotten us through. that support has gotten us through. i hope you know the how much i appreciate each and every one of you. i have a special place in my heart for those folks that i have worked with on behalf of virginia for four years. .hey have sacrificed much thank [inaudible] [applause] one more example that all men marry up. without her love and support, i could not have made it through this campaign or any of the four previous ones. as i have told many of you many times, she works a lot harder than i do. i know it when i say we homeschool. i am the dean of students. [laughter] load andarries her half of mine and has four dozen years, so that we could fight for the first principles that we share on behalf of all of you. [applause] now, i have always said that the worst thing that happens to me in an election is that i lose and get to spend more time at home. i like going home. and i am looking forward to spending more time with her and these wonderful children. my parents are here as well. -- toeployed fort virginia a month ago and m
that support has gotten us through. that support has gotten us through. i hope you know the how much i appreciate each and every one of you. i have a special place in my heart for those folks that i have worked with on behalf of virginia for four years. .hey have sacrificed much thank [inaudible] [applause] one more example that all men marry up. without her love and support, i could not have made it through this campaign or any of the four previous ones. as i have told many of you many times,...
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due to the marked use of co2 as a purchased product. the epa wishes to encourage rather than discourage eor using captured co2 since the practice makes carbon storage itself more economic and promotes the use of the technology in which the proposed standard is based." i dispute this. market forces are a thin reed. in conclusion, i want to add, as a resident of capitol hill, i urge the standard to serve federally run facilities like the capitol hill power plant not far from us today. i thank you for the opportunity to share my views. [applause] >> my name is martin. i am the vice president for policy and legislation of earthjustice. hank you for holding today's listening session. we have an obligation to protect our children and future generations from the effect of climate change. speaking as a parent, it is a paramount opportunity. to meet this obligation, it is critical that we reduce carbon pollution from the units responsible for 40% of u.s. greenhouse gas emission. to meet the president's goal of a 17% reduction in climate pollutio
due to the marked use of co2 as a purchased product. the epa wishes to encourage rather than discourage eor using captured co2 since the practice makes carbon storage itself more economic and promotes the use of the technology in which the proposed standard is based." i dispute this. market forces are a thin reed. in conclusion, i want to add, as a resident of capitol hill, i urge the standard to serve federally run facilities like the capitol hill power plant not far from us today. i...
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, it just shouldn't be used. we should respect the dignity of every human being. >> host: could he tell us something about by your trust in that we may not know? >> guest: there's a great deal about him. he grew up in pennsylvania, he was early committed to the way of peace and the way of love and nonviolence. back in the late 40s he was doing something called the journey of reconciliation. it was similar to the freedom rides of 1961. early on, he was looked upon as a socialist. it he was smart and a wonderful organizer. he lead in organized labor and he was a fighter and a crusader for social justice. he was very hopeful and optimistic. he believed that somehow and someway we could truly build an integrated society, society where no one would be left out or left behind. he was a wonderful friend. >> host: was his homosexuality a big deal at the time? >> guest: i think that during the 60s that people within the movement, within the civil rights movement discriminated against him simply because he was gay. they di
, it just shouldn't be used. we should respect the dignity of every human being. >> host: could he tell us something about by your trust in that we may not know? >> guest: there's a great deal about him. he grew up in pennsylvania, he was early committed to the way of peace and the way of love and nonviolence. back in the late 40s he was doing something called the journey of reconciliation. it was similar to the freedom rides of 1961. early on, he was looked upon as a socialist. it...
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none of us, none of us got amendments. after ten, maybe seven -- i think it was ten votes, bingo, it was cut off. and the majority leader controlled the effort. this is like the house. this is like the rules committee. i remember when i was in the house. i remember we had a roberts-stenholm amendment. mr. sessions: in the house, senator roberts, you can't get an amendment voted on unless approved by the rules committee? mr. roberts: that is correct. mr. sessions: that is the difference in the house and the senate. mr. roberts: we had a robert stenholm amendment at that point while we were in the minority, the republicans and charlie stenholm was the democrat and he whispered and said you might want to make this the stenholm-roberts amendment. i figured that out and we had our amendment made in order. i thought as the rules committee, as a younger member of the house at that particular time was based on the merits, whether it was germane, et cetera, et cetera. it was not. one of the reasons i decided to come to the senate w
none of us, none of us got amendments. after ten, maybe seven -- i think it was ten votes, bingo, it was cut off. and the majority leader controlled the effort. this is like the house. this is like the rules committee. i remember when i was in the house. i remember we had a roberts-stenholm amendment. mr. sessions: in the house, senator roberts, you can't get an amendment voted on unless approved by the rules committee? mr. roberts: that is correct. mr. sessions: that is the difference in the...
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tweet us your feedback we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >>> chief correspondent of the "washington post" has a new book on the 2012 election. >> well, because i thought the election was a collision between a lot of things, two americas, the america that e elected president obama in 2008 and the america that elected the republicans to take com of the house in 2010. a collisions of philosophies, of ideology, and also a collision between two quite different permits and peoples in president obama and governor romney. you think about where each of them came from, they couldn't have been more different. >> was there a point where the winner of the collision could have been mitt romney? >> you could argue a year out the president was very vulnerable. in large part because it was not clear what was going happen with the economy. as we have played out the election, two i thinks. one, i think the president's campaign was more skill and more effective both in the consistency and the shaping of its message, and also just in its org
tweet us your feedback we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >>> chief correspondent of the "washington post" has a new book on the 2012 election. >> well, because i thought the election was a collision between a lot of things, two americas, the america that e elected president obama in 2008 and the america that elected the republicans to take com of the house in 2010. a collisions of philosophies, of ideology, and also a collision...
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and we are honored that is he -- that he is here with us today. stand with us, because he cannot. [applause] this is how we will be judged. r our troops in battle, but how we treat them when they come home, and by the america we build together. what we do with the superior -- security and peace they helped to grant us. they played their part in the american story. today our message to all of those who have ever worn the uniform of this nation is this, we will stand by your side whether your seven days out, or your 70 years out. here in america we take care of our own. the sacrifice has been made in our name, for this nation that we love, and we commit ourselves to standing by these veterans and their families for as long as we are blessed to walk this earth. god bless you all, god lets our our veterans,less and god bless this united states of america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand and join the united states air force band in singing god bless america. america, land that i love. guide her,e her, and theugh the night, wit hthh light from above. he mountains, to th
and we are honored that is he -- that he is here with us today. stand with us, because he cannot. [applause] this is how we will be judged. r our troops in battle, but how we treat them when they come home, and by the america we build together. what we do with the superior -- security and peace they helped to grant us. they played their part in the american story. today our message to all of those who have ever worn the uniform of this nation is this, we will stand by your side whether your...
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in our turn and put us by his side. members of the court who have served responded amen and the chief justice called the case would be permissible? >> i don't think so, your honor. what we have here is a case of legislative prayer in the doctrine that recognizes the history of this country from its very foundations and founding recognize threcognized the propf legislative prayer -- >> just between the legislature and any other official receiving; is that correct? >> clearly it involves legislative prayer. the tradition that we rely on involves legislative prayer and in this case involves legislative prayer. what rules might apply -- >> suppose i asked the exact same question, same kind of statements, same sort of context except it's not in a courtroom. instead it's in a congressional hearing room. maybe it's a confirmation hearing. maybe it is an investigatory hearing of some kind in a person is sitting at a table in front of members in the committee ready to testify, ready to give his testimony in support of his nomina
in our turn and put us by his side. members of the court who have served responded amen and the chief justice called the case would be permissible? >> i don't think so, your honor. what we have here is a case of legislative prayer in the doctrine that recognizes the history of this country from its very foundations and founding recognize threcognized the propf legislative prayer -- >> just between the legislature and any other official receiving; is that correct? >> clearly it...
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joining us on the phone from wnet in new york, thanks for being with us. let me ask you first about the results in new york city. blasio easily winning but the first democratic mayor since 1989. people forget that sometimes because new york is such a democratic city. bloomberg and rudy, it's been so long. blasio, i've got to tell you something, beyond the issues, this campaign was won on commercials that put his family out there as a mosaic of new york city. you will,iracial, if family guy connected on so many levels and he was the right .andidate they were tired of bloomberg ma wanted to move on from giuliani. this is a germanic shift to the left. host: he spent about $100 million to win a third term and , they were looking at the term as mayor. tied to him.ere it is so interesting. can be very popular for two terms. it is that third term that becomes virtually impossible for even the most effective and popular mayor to stay connected to voters. it is fatigue. they are done with you. that is about your time. it is done after that. stay with us. i want to
joining us on the phone from wnet in new york, thanks for being with us. let me ask you first about the results in new york city. blasio easily winning but the first democratic mayor since 1989. people forget that sometimes because new york is such a democratic city. bloomberg and rudy, it's been so long. blasio, i've got to tell you something, beyond the issues, this campaign was won on commercials that put his family out there as a mosaic of new york city. you will,iracial, if family guy...
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us with night sticks, trampling us with forces and releasing the tear gas. i was hit in the head with a nightstick and i had a concussion at the bridge. and i are member my legs going out from under me and falling to the ground. i thought it was the last protest, i thought i was going to die and i kept thinking about what was going to happen to the other people. i don't recall 48 years later how i made it across the bridge back to the streets of selma back to that little church that we left from, but i do recall being in the church was full to capacity more than 42,000 people on the outside trying to get into protest but someone said to say something, speak to the people and i stood up and i said i don't understand it a president johnson can send troops to vietnam and cannot send troops to selma to protect people's desires to register. the next thing i realized is i was at the hospital with 17 other people. early the next morning doctor martin luther king jr. and the reverend and his colleague came to selma and to the hospital to visit us and he told me that
us with night sticks, trampling us with forces and releasing the tear gas. i was hit in the head with a nightstick and i had a concussion at the bridge. and i are member my legs going out from under me and falling to the ground. i thought it was the last protest, i thought i was going to die and i kept thinking about what was going to happen to the other people. i don't recall 48 years later how i made it across the bridge back to the streets of selma back to that little church that we left...